Archive for December 2010

-By Warner Todd Huston The theme of the race for mayor has thus far been twofold. One, will Rahm Emanuel be allowed to stay on the ballot, and two, will there be too many African Americans in the running effectively splitting the black vote all to pieces allowing Rahm to waltz in unopposed? When we... Read more »

Thanks for making 2010 a great year for Publius Forum on ChicagoNow.com. We here are all looking forward to serving you in 2011 and beyond. Hope you and yours had a great — and safe — night last night and we wish you a Happy New Year. Warner Todd Huston Owner and editor of www.PubliusForum.com

-By Warner Todd Huston For the entertainment industry’s practitioners of political correctness, 2010 was another banner year. Even as conservatives have made deserved headway in La La Land and other areas of the industry, there still aren’t enough conservatives to bring much needed patriotism, logic, and common sense to the scene. Sadly, the industry is... Read more »

-By Warner Todd Huston Does anyone on the left understand right and wrong? Do any of them understand that some things humans do are morally reprehensible or is everything relative? If we could find one that understands it, it certainly won’t be Colman McCarthy. We can say this because this week the former Washington Post... Read more »

-By Warner Todd Huston OK, Illinois Republicans, a great opportunity to return the Illinois GOP back to some accountability to YOU is at hand. The Illinois legislature is about to enter its own lame duck session that will run from January 3 to January 11. During this session we have a chance to get a... Read more »

Lee Doren does a great job tearing down another left-wing shibboleth. Supposedly, Fox News viewers are more misinformed than the general public because: They think most economists believe the stimulus caused job losses; They think most economists believe Obamacare will increase the deficit; and They think the economy is getting worse; etc. As a result,... Read more »

-By Warner Todd Huston If there never was a story that explains how unions are really little else but a criminal extortion racket, the story by James Ahearn in the New Jersey Began Record helps explain it for us. Ahearn’s piece headlined “For Backstage Labor, Rich Rewards,” informs us that some stagehands in New York... Read more »

-By Warner Todd Huston Like most leftists, former Washington Post blogger David Weigel just doesn’t get Sarah Palin. Weigel took a look at the year-end contributions from the Political Action Committees (PACs) sponsored by Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin and what he saw there baffled him. While Weigel thought he understood the “strategy” of Romney’s... Read more »

-By Warner Todd Huston Word has run like wildfire through the Internet that former GOP Senate candidate for Delaware, Christine O’Donnell, is under investigation for misuse of campaign funds. O’Donnell flatly refutes the claims and says that these rumors were started by operatives of the establishment of both parties in Delaware, rumors meant to prevent... Read more »

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightPundits.com, StoptheACLU.com, Human Events Magazine, Wizbang, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. Warner has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He has been the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com since 2001. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions, EMAIL Warner Todd Huston: igcolonel *at* hotmail.com.